Report of the select committee, appointed on the 16th ultimo, to inquire into the expediency of altering the flag of the United States. : January 6, 1818. Accompanied with a bill to alter the flag of the United States.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

United States. Congress (15th, 1st session : 1817-1818). House.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 46585.

House document (United States. Congress. House) ; 15th Congress, 1st session, no. 37.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Flags--United States.

Flags.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 sheet (2 pages) ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : [Printed by E. De Krafft], [1818]

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Notes:

Recommending that the number of stripes be reduced to the original thirteen, and "to increase the stars to correspond with the number of states now in the Union, and hereafter to add one star to the flag, whenever a new state shall be fully admitted."

At head of title: [37].

Edward De Krafft was printer to the House during the 1st session of the 15th Congress.

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